Deeply anguished: Rajnath on killing of 5 Army personnel in J-K’s Kathua

Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Tuesday said he was “deeply anguished” over the death of five Army personnel in a terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kathua district.

Singh said counter-terror operations are underway and the soldiers are determined to “usher in peace and order” in the region.

Five Army personnel were killed and as many were injured on Monday when a group of heavily armed terrorists ambushed a patrolling party in the Badnota area in Kathua.